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Page 61
... Knox allayed this criticism by offering preferential shares to the English investors Australians were offended and share prices fell . Knox was also impeded by the absence of the official estimates of the railway line , for it was ...
... Knox allayed this criticism by offering preferential shares to the English investors Australians were offended and share prices fell . Knox was also impeded by the absence of the official estimates of the railway line , for it was ...
Page 62
... Knox left London , suffering from his hectic labours , and down at heart . Friends who saw him off at Victoria ... Knox was in London , the early shipments of this ore were being smelted at Swansea , in South Wales , but as the seam ...
... Knox left London , suffering from his hectic labours , and down at heart . Friends who saw him off at Victoria ... Knox was in London , the early shipments of this ore were being smelted at Swansea , in South Wales , but as the seam ...
Page 148
... Knox and Angus left Melbourne on 25 February 1903 , and as the mail steamer tossed about in the Indian Ocean Angus com- piled a voluminous report to the London board . Frequently he and Knox would pace the decks and discuss their ...
... Knox and Angus left Melbourne on 25 February 1903 , and as the mail steamer tossed about in the Indian Ocean Angus com- piled a voluminous report to the London board . Frequently he and Knox would pace the decks and discuss their ...
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